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Brazill sentenced to 28 years
Nathaniel Brazill, 14, was sentenced to close to the minimum of 25 years for shooting his seventh-grade teacher Barry Grunow. The teen, who was 13 at the time of the shooting, could have received as much as a life sentence without parole.
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Teen pleads his case to judge
Brazill apologizes
Brazill prepared for sentencing
Teen convicted in adult court
Found guilty of second-degree murder for killing his seventh-grade English teacher last May, Nathaniel Brazill was spared the mandatory life sentence a first-degree murder conviction would have carried.
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Instructions to the jury
Kids and adult crimes
The trials of Brazill and another teen shooter, Lionel Tate, have called into question Florida's treatment of teens as adults.
Tate's case
Florida's stringent laws
Choices and Consequences: Tools for teaching children about the consequences of gun violence.
May 15: Jury rehears testimony
May 14: Deliberations begin after fervent closings
May 9: Defense ends on unspectacular note
May 9: Brazill weakens under cross-examination
May 8: Brazill testifies he never meant to kill Grunow
May 8: Protester disrupts court proceedings
May 7: Jury sees videotaped police interview with Brazill
May 6: Teen's mother joins supporters in prayer vigil
May 4: Brazill told classmate he was going to kill guidance counselor
May 3: Jury sees surveillance tape of shooting
May 2: Students, teachers take the stand after openings
May 1: Jury seated, defense says Brazill will testify
Case Background: Brazill on trial for murder
October 5, 2000:
Murdered teacher's widow files suit against gun distributor
Sept. 11, 2000:
Boy charged in teacher fatal shooting 'wasn't thinking clearly'
Aug. 11, 2000: Teen accused of killing teacher says he prefers death penalty
June 12, 2000: 13-year-old indicted as adult in teacher's slaying
May 30, 2000: Slain teacher remembered as good father, husband, counselor
May 26, 2000: Brazill kills middle school teacher
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Prosecutors say that when 13-year-old Nathaniel Brazill shot and killed Barry Grunow inside a Florida school, it was cold-blooded murder. But Brazill, now 14 and facing life in prison if convicted, claims that shooting his favorite teacher was accidental.
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Sentencing
Brazill's mother begs the judge for leniency
Brazill apologies
Pam Grunow, the victim's wife, testifies
Deputies say Brazill made violent comments
Closing arguments
Brazill's testimony
Surveillance tape of shooting
Defense's opening statement
Jury selection update
Police release interview tapes
Report on Brazill's arrest
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Progress Reports
School progress reports show that the one-time honor students' grades were dropping
Brazill's Letter to Grunow
In this letter before the shooting, Nathaniel Brazill tells Barry Grunow that teachers and students have been mean to him and that he might commit suicide. Brazill testified the letter was written for a class assignment and was meant to be a joke.
Brazill's Police Interview
Nathaniel Brazill talks to police about the events that unfolded in his middle school.
Brazill's Love Letters
Nathaniel Brazill sent these letters to Dinora Rosales, the object of his affection and the student of Barry Grunow he sought to speak with moments before the shooting
Autopsy Report
Autopsy report of Barry Grunow says the teacher died of a gunshot wound to the head
Hinds' Statement
The school guidance who prosecutors say was Brazill's originally intended target, Hinds explains how he sent Brazill home hours before the shooting for starting a water balloon fight
Rosales' Statement
The object of Brazill's affections, Rosales explains how she watched as Brazill entered her classroom and demanded to speak to her just before he shot her teacher
Indictment
Brazill is charged — as an adult — with one count of first-degree murder with a firearm and one count of aggravated assault with a firearm.
Jury Instructions
In these instructions to the jury, the judge explains the charges against Brazill, including those the jury might choose as alternatives to first-degree murder.
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